Too excited not to share...

My sweet husband, on our wedding day, gave me two very special gifts. The first being the title of "luckiest girl in the world" to be able to marry someone as truly special as he is; a partner to navigate through all of life's experiences, a lover, a protector, a confidant, and at the end of the day... a very dear friend. One would think that my life's loving cup is full, and in fact it truly is, but I would be lying if I didn't say we both had a little more love to go around. This leads me to my second very special gift, the furry kind! A few of the photos are below, pre-wedding makeup of opening my wedding gift the morning of our wedding.
It is a good thing Ellen, our wedding planner, brought the gift to me moments before Kori began to apply my makeup, because the tears were flowing.







We were going to get a puppy! A great start to our wedding day, capturing a glimpse of what our future together had in store.
A hot honeymoon topic ensued in the following days over what kind of puppy to get? You see, the one thing I love most about my husband is that we often agree to disagree. :) I suppose this was our first testament to that statement, as we had an interesting time narrowing down a list of our top four breeds. That is, until the day he stumbled across Lori Whorff's English Setters and we were in love, and in agreement! Head over heels for her sweet mamma to be Juno, we inquired about her future pups and quickly became fast friends with Lori. Lori has a passion for her setters and a zest for life. We were honored and thrilled beyond imagination when she called to let us know that we would be the proud parents of Fiona from Juno's first litter, her only girl. One of four, Lori tells Ben she is head strong and mischievous (sounds like someone else I know, ha!) I think we will get along just fine! Fiona, hailing all the way from Winnsboro, Texas will be making her debut in Charleston in about three weeks. In the meantime, we are getting prepared for her arrival (including permanent locks for my shoe closet!) The first order of business, is a name and no surprise, we can't agree on that either :) We welcome your suggestions, and look forward to sharing updates with you soon. Enjoy the pics below (thanks Lori) of beautiful (Fiona)!





photo courtesy of Juliet Elizabeth